Letter: US budget shows promise

The recent Murray-Ryan budget deal is less than I hoped for, but better than the status quo. It does nothing to address runaway Pentagon spending or close a single wasteful tax loophole. However, the deal does provide an invaluable opportunity for Congress to stop budgeting by crisis and resume a normal budget process.

Community programs in our state would be devastated if sequestration continued through 2014. Last year alone, millions of fewer meals were served to homebound seniors and 57,000 children were kicked out of Head Start. I am glad Congress is taking a step in the right direction and restoring some of the funding sequestration cut.

I hope my senators will remember the needs of the poor and hungry right here at home, support the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, and continue the conversation about reining in excessive Pentagon spending.

Charles Frost

Monroe

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Letter: US budget shows promise

The recent Murray-Ryan budget deal is less than I hoped for, but better than the status quo. It does nothing to address runaway Pentagon spending or close a single wasteful tax loophole.